CHAPTER VI.

CARE OF THE VIOLENT INSANE 45

Need of Studying Each Case.--Constant Attention and Oversight.--Value of Employment and Out-Door Exercise.-- Restriction and Idleness.--Paroxysms of Violence; How Cared For.--How to Hold or Carry a Patient.--Danger of Injury.-- Struggles to be Avoided.--Care of Destructive Patients.-- Use of Restraint, Seclusion, and Covered Bed.